The aim of the mobility was to learn more about good practices from abroad, whose experience would be useful in the work of our own institution, and to expand the network of professional contacts, to develop the social and cultural competences of the staff, to strengthen foreign language communication skills and cooperative skills. It is important that we have made the pre-expedition workshops and the post-expedition briefings open to any colleague working in the museum's academic field - in addition to their professional development, we also aimed to sensitize them to social diversity, empathy, and acceptance, as we regularly host homeless people who come to our museum for knowledge transfer programmes. The mobility programme involved staff from the Directorate of Science and Interpretation (mainly museum educators and museologists/curators/researchers) who work with marginalised groups at different levels in their daily work. Based on the experience gained during the study tour, we aim to develop a knowledge transfer programme for adult visitors in line with the museum's medium-term scientific strategy.
In the mission of the Hungarian Open Air Museum, social responsibility is a defining goal, so for years, we have been welcoming groups of homeless people from the margins of society and other margianlised gropus too. In order to do the best job possible, we need to expand our professional knowledge and develop our skills. The study tour is a very effective way of obtaining information through on-the-spot (participatory) observation - job-shadowing activity - , as it provides an opportunity to gain practical experience in addition to theoretical knowledge. Our host partner is the Museum of Homelessness, an internationally recognized non-profit cultural organization that plays an important role in the social reintegration of homeless people as a museum, a community space, and a social outlet. Through their extensive network of professional contacts, we were able to meet and study in depth the work of many other professionals and organizations working towards the same goal: improving the quality of life and well-being of marginalized groups. Thanks to this, we have been able to learn about different methods related to the same topic, which will be adaptable in several areas in our own institution.